1900 Bathurst colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bathurst on 25 June 1900 when Protectionist party member Francis Suttor was appointed to the Legislative Council. ^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
12 June 1900	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
19 June 1900	Day of nomination
25 June 1900	Polling day
2 July 1900	Return of writ

Results

1900 Bathurst by-election
Monday 25 June  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	William Young	770	56.87
	Free Trade	Alfred Thompson	571	42.17
	Independent	Alexander Warden	13	0.96
Total formal votes			1,354	97.90
Informal votes			29	2.10
Turnout			1,383	52.05
	Protectionist hold

William Young, while a member of the Protectionist party was also endorsed by the Labour party. ^[4] Alfred Thompson, whilst a Free Trader, was nominated by the Ministerialist faction of Sir William Lyne's protectionist government. ^{[3] [5]}

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Bathurst
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (1839-1915)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Bathurst". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 578. 12 June 1900. p. 4573. Retrieved 13 April 2021– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1900 results Bathurst by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 September 2019.
4. "The Bathurst election: Mr Young's candidature". Bathurst Free Press . 20 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 25 September 2019– via Trove.
5. "The Bathurst election". The Daily Telegraph . 27 June 1900. p. 6. Retrieved 25 September 2019– via Trove.